The Murder at the Vicarage
Ratings102
Average rating3.9
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Ratings102
Average rating3.9
***Murder at the Vicarage (1930)is the first Miss Marple mystery book by Agatha Christie.*** Miss Jane Marple is a village busybody who applies human nature to crimes. Colonel Protheroe, magistrate universally despised, was shot in his study, unheard. His wife Anne admits newly arrived artist Lawrence Redding is an old flame, and both confess to murder. **The local inspector and Miss Marple sort through to the truth.**
***The murder of Colonel Protheroe shocks the town of St. Mary Mead, where the main entertainment is tea and gossip.*** Among the neighbors of St. Mary Mead, the most meddlesome, observant and shrewd person is Miss Marple. His intervention will be decisive in the resolution of a crime for which there are no suspects.
***Death in the vicarage, published in 1930, was the first appearance of one of the most important characters in the work of Agatha Christie, the spinster and insightful Miss Marple, whose cases have been adapted several times both to the cinema and in Form of television series.***
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The first Miss Marple book. I was surprised that Miss Marple is so unlikable and unliked by the other characters for most of the book. The story was enjoyable to read and I did not guess the ending.
As always, I was at the edge of my seat & clueless about whodunnit till the very end. However this one's dull in comparison with some of her other work.
I had forgotten how much I love whodunits. This is a decent—but not stellar—example of one. It was fun trying to solve the mystery, but there was something missing from the narrative, causing it to be less than utterly captivating.
Not one of the best (it is the first Miss Marple after all and she's not quite herself yet), but a fun story. (I think some of my issue was the narrator. I'm now listening to Styles, which is her first, and it's just so much better.)
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14 primary books41 released booksMiss Marple is a 29-book series with 14 primary works first released in 1923 with contributions by Agatha Christie, Hana Petráková, and 4 others.
